Master Chef and MKR wannabes stay away – there’s a granny flat rental in Brisbane with no stove in the kitchen. So it’s either instant noodles or Uber eats on speed dial.

Which state in Australia is the most coffee-addicted? Which city subub is most over-run by possums? Which burger joint is rolling into posh Barangaroo? And which location for Nicole Kidman’s screen debut is about to be bulldozed? We answer all of these questions and a lot more in this weeks quota of quirkiness from LeftField Communications.

You can only eat noodles in this Brisbane rental
Hate cooking? Then you might want to check out a granny flat for rent in Queensland, which comes with an unusual house rule. The backyard unit is located in Runcorn in Brisbane’s south.

End of an era: Demolition underway as Manly Waterworks turns off taps for good
Nicole Kidman and her gang used its famous waterslides to escape the cops in an iconic scene in the 1980s teen flick, BMX Bandits. Now, more than 40 years on, the Manly Waterworks has announced its taps will be turned off for good.

International Coffee Day: Survey reveals the most coffee-obsessed state in Australia
New research has crowned Victoria as the country’s most coffee-addicted state — but beyond the daily grind, can Melburnians really tell a latte from a flat white?

Revealed: The Australian suburbs most overrun by possums
I’ve never been a fan of horror movies. Too much screaming, too many jump scares, and don’t even get me started on the gore. Unfortunately, life doesn’t always let you opt out of the genre.

Grill’d joins luxury Barangaroo amid cost of living crisis
Cost of living pressures have hit one of Sydney’s flashiest food strips, forcing businesses to change their tune in a bid to get more customers.

Billionaire audio king lists $50m+ worth of Potts Point property
Billionaire audio king Peter Freedman has listed his 1870s Potts Point mansion purchased for $30.35m two years ago, and also a nearby penthouse bought for $16m in 2018.

Chook family’s apartment sells for biggest price this year
The Bartter family who built up one of the nation’s biggest poultry businesses has sold their Cremorne Point apartment for the suburb’s highest price this year.

Quirky medieval inspired Aqueduct and Tent House hits market in Northcote
Roll up, roll up, roll up for an intriguing Northcote home that looks like a medieval circus tent. The curtain has been lifted for the first time on the quirky local landmark, best known to neighbourhood kids as “the circus house”, after it was listed for sale.

The Body Shop mogul lists Noosa unit for insane price
Business mogul and the visionary behind The Body Shop, Graeme Wise, is selling his Noosa unit for a whopping 16 times what he paid for it three decades ago.

Canterbury’s street that connects Kylie, a Nobel Prize winner and a Liberal Party leader
What do Kylie Minogue, Nobel Prize laureate Sir Macfarlane Burnet and former federal Liberal Party leader Andrew Peacock have in common? Monomeath Avenue, Canterbury.

Outgoing REA CEO swaps Toorak manor for designer digs in Armadale
Outgoing REA Group CEO Owen Wilson will be spending his upcoming retirement from the ASX-listed digital real estate platform in style after spending $8.91 million on a five-bedroom designer home in Armadale in Melbourne’s affluent inner east.

Celebrity accountant buys $27m Sydney apartment
Celebrity accountant Anthony Bell has taken the keys to a $26.59 million luxury apartment in Sydney’s Crown Tower, joining a string of high-profile residents within the Barangaroo ‘tower of power’ located on the western edge of the CBD.

South west Sydney golf club swings onto the market
Investors with a passion for hitting the golfing green can now take a swing at owning an entire championship golf course in Sydney. Macquarie Links International Golf Club, at the heart of Sydney’s booming southwest corridor, is home to an 18-hole par-72 layout sculpted in honour of the majestic Scottish links courses first developed in Scotland.

Fashion designer Gay Naffine selling iconic Netherby home
An iconic 1917-built Netherby home has been a much-loved family abode for the past 45 years and now gives you the opportunity to live a life of luxury in one of the state’s most in-demand suburbs.

Beauty CEO’s $80k first-home gamble pays big
She poured her first-home deposit into launching a viral beauty brand, now Bangn Body CEO Priscilla Livock is reaping the rewards, snapping up a $2.42 million designer home on the Gold Coast.

Designer opens doors to home inspired by Ford ute
If the classic Aussie ute was a house, this would be it. Though missing the signature tray and in a pastel green shade that’s more Kombi van than work horse white, the home embodies the versatile ethos behind the vehicle’s creation, according to its creator, celebrity architect Joe Snell.

Revealed: Shocking number of Black Summer survivors still homeless
It’s been half a decade since the Black Summer bushfires ravaged Australia, yet for many survivors in the picturesque Victorian town of Mallacoota, the nightmare is far from over. While the nation has moved on, a crippling construction backlog and systemic failures mean countless residents are still living in makeshift homes, their dreams of rebuilding shattered by a bureaucratic maze and an overwhelmed industry.

Musical theatre star Chelsea Gibb lists off-grid Surf Coast farmhouse
Musical theatre and television star Chelsea Gibb is bringing down the curtain on her family’s off-grid country home in the Surf Coast hinterland.

Property speculation over how Robert Irwin will spend $7.5m wealth
Robert Irwin, son of the late Steve Irwin, continues to live at home with his mother, Terri, on the family’s 32,000-acre Australia Zoo property on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast

Secret property empires of ’80s and ’90s action stars
From Hollywood heavyweights to martial arts masters, these action stars of the ’80s and ’90s captivated audiences with their on-screen heroics.

Ex-Fitzroy footballer Trent Cummings lists $2.7m Aberfeldie home
Former Fitzroy footballer Trent Cummings is kicking off Grand Final weekend with a big play of his own, putting his family’s luxury Aberfeldie home on the market just as his old club, now the Brisbane Lions, chases back-to-back premiership glory.

The Sauce: Minns government refit goes $2.6m over budget
The NSW Premier’s office renovation at 52 Martin Place has blown out millions as the government attempts to lure work-from-home staff back to their desks.

Goulburn’s Big Merino ‘Rambo’ marks 40th birthday with entrance into ‘big things’ coin and stamp series
Four hours into a road trip to visit the grandparents, there are always squeals of delight from the back seats whenever the Howe family pass the Big Merino.

Nick Kyrgios spruiks construction of $9.9 million Gungahlin tennis facility in Canberra’s north
Construction on a new $9.9 million tennis facility in Canberra’s north has begun five years after a funding pledge from the ACT government. The new Gungahlin tennis facility will feature 10 full-size courts, a practice hitting wall, a pavilion with change rooms, amenities, and a community space.

When it comes to love, more of us are crossing the religious divide
If Ryan Beurle had been forced to choose his life partner from a list of her defining characteristics, chances are, he never would have married his wife, Frem Lim.

‘Like a lottery ticket’: Owner unearths hidden safe during home renovation
A homeowner in the US has made a potentially life-changing discovery while renovating their 1920s home. The owner, who didn’t reveal their identity, said they were digging up the foundation of their home in San Francisco when he stumbled on a locked safe.

Model Catherine McNeil and Miles Plumlee’s compound up for grabs as family grows
Australian fashion model Catherine McNeil and her American sports star husband Miles Plumlee are moving on from their dreamy Sunshine Coast compound.

Clive Palmer’s daughter buys $15.5m inner Sydney house in cash
Emily Palmer, daughter and heiress of billionaire businessman and former politician Clive Palmer, has expanded her property empire by adding a $15.5 million Paddington house to her sprawling multimillion-dollar portfolio that spans Queensland and NSW.

Would you pay $715 a week to bump your head?
A cosy flat in London is raising eyebrows thanks to an unusual detail in the bedroom. On paper, the rental looks like the perfect UK base.

Luxury apartment residents plagued by ‘stink bombs’ down the laundry chutes
Residents of a luxury apartment building in the US are allegedly being targeted by a mysterious and unpleasant odour through their laundry chutes. One resident, who did not reveal their identity or the location of the complex, said the stench is so intolerable they stuff a towel and packing paper in the door cracks to mask the smell.

Binnies, tinnies and Bunnings snags: Brisbane artist’s viral ibis art trail
No, you’re not seeing things. There are indeed sculptures of bin chickens holding tattoo guns and XXXX beer cans — even wearing headphones — dotted around Brisbane. The latest one to pop up is holding a snag in bread and is located at — you guessed it — Bunnings.

How Sydney’s big old trees have become the city’s green engine rooms
Of all the 2450 trees on the City of Sydney’s significant tree register, it is the big old trees like Alexandria Park’s Moreton Bay fig that are doing the heavy lifting when it comes to throwing shade in the greenest possible way.

Dame Marie Bashir selling her long-held Palm Beach weekender for $10m
Former NSW governor Dame Marie Bashir is calling time on her long-held Palm Beach weekender that she shared with her late husband Sir Nicholas Shehadie, listing it with a $10 million price guide

Radek Sali swaps one luxury Gurner apartment for another
Radek Sali is selling the three-bedroom apartment he acquired off the plan in Tim Gurner’s Victoria & Vine building in Melbourne’s Collingwood, after acquiring a larger one in a newer Gurner development that has more room for parties.

Super yacht scion offers $27.5m Point Piper boathouse with plans
Eastern suburbs’ property developer Jake O’Neil and his socialite wife Lou have listed their Point Piper boathouse with a hefty $27.5 million guide — but there’s more to the listing than the humble green weatherboard cottage overlooking Rose Bay.

TikTok property trends are reshaping how Gen Z enters the housing market
Forget matcha lattes – the new property playbook for Gen Z is being written on TikTok.

Onsen-Inspired Tower Breaks New Ground for ‘City Zen’
In the shadow of Crown Casino’s entertainment precinct, a developer is creating spaces designed for quiet contemplation and ritual cleansing.

Slice of replica 1850s gold rush town snapped up within days for just $110K
Buyers have jumped at a quirky opportunity to establish a business in a replica early settler’s gold mining village in Perth’s south east for the bargain price tag of $110,000.

Former Adelaide home of Australian artist John Dowie sells
The Adelaide property renowned for being home to famous Australian artist and sculptor the late John Dowie for most of this life has sold in a multimillion-dollar deal.

‘Harry Potter loo’: Home’s doorless toilet baffles buyers
In the often-predictable world of real estate, where every brick and beam is scrutinised, some properties reveal secrets more perplexing than a hidden chamber at Hogwarts.

Instagram food blogger Stephanie Conley-Buhre’s $60m renovation project turned down
The street side — bienvenue chez nous, welcome to our home — doormat remained out the front of Villa Madelon, the Beaulieu-sur-Mer retreat of Bellevue Hill cookery blogger Stephanie Conley-Buhre and her ­entrepreneurial husband Oskar Buhre.

’50c’: Aussies expose cost of full-time boat life
Teresa Butland promised her partner Rob Holmes she would give living on a boat six months — nearly four years later the couple still call the Brisbane River home.

Buzz the tower: Unique property has Top Gun vibes
Talk to me Goose! If you have ever wanted to “feel the need … the need for speed” this property offers the chance to live out your Top Gun dreams.

Aussies ready to swap homes for caravans
Forget the quarter-acre block — caravans and motorhomes could be the new address of choice as Aussies look for creative ways to beat the cost-of-living crunch.

Shellharbour Council proposes tiny home planning pathway in NSW first
Shellharbour Council has developed a proposal which outlines a planning pathway for mobile tiny homes to be installed on residential blocks. The trial is being described as a New South Wales first, with many councils grappling with complex planning legislation that does not clearly define the moveable dwellings.

‘Get it under control’: Resident receives unnerving complaint despite not having a pet
A resident of an apartment complex in the US has been left perplexed after arriving home to find an unnerving note left on their door.

Packer v Packer as Gretel and James on opposing sides in Potts Point stoush
Sibling rivalry has collided with the most characteristic of Sydney obsessions — housing, development and city views — on the tree-lined streets of Potts Point.

Kendall Jenner broke the internet posing on this Aussie sun lounger
When model and reality star Kendall Jenner posted photos on Instagram posing on a sun lounge, she likely had no idea the effect it would have on furniture brand Harbour.

Inside the $120 million harbourside mansion featured on The Golden Bachelor
The first season of Channel Nine’s mature-age spin-off of The Bachelor is set to hit screens this year.

‘The antidote to city life’: Australia’s longest house listed for sale with $8 million price tag
An award-winning home resembling a giant shed has hit the market for the first time ever. Stretching 110 metres from end to end, Daylesford Longhouse was constructed as an enormous greenhouse incorporating a working farm, cooking school and function venue under one very long translucent roof.

Bond Jnr lists Woollahra mansion previously owned by Angus Taylor
Jeremy Bond, grandson of the late businessman Alan Bond, has listed his Woollahra mansion for auction via TRG founder Gavin Rubinstein.

‘This is not a win-win’: Tenant faces eviction after Airbnb ‘side hustle’ blows up
A tenant in the UK has been threatened with eviction after it was discovered he was subleasing his rental property on Airbnb.

Inside Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s property empire
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have separated after 19 years of marriage, having built fortune, fame and an impressive property empire before that.

Wealthy Charlton family lists for sale the Bedarra Island off Queensland’s coast
The luxury Bedarra Island Resort off Queensland’s Mission Beach has hit the market as nearby owner Annie Cannon-Brookes ramps up her renovation of Dunk Island.

Inside Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s $60m-plus property empire
Academy Award-winning actor Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban built wealth and fame in Hollywood and Nashville respectively, while amassing a property empire worth more than $60 million in Australia and the United States.